Cannabis and sound system culture have shared a history for decades. At Submersion Festival this fall, Magic Garden Botanicals’ Smoke Village continues it. Submersion Festival returns to Paradise Lakes Campground in Hammonton, New Jersey, from October 1 through 3, bringing three days of bass music to the edge of the Pine Barrens. Hosted by the… Keep Reading
Cannabis culture survived through decentralized human connection. Its future depends on whether the people building it can start working together on purpose. There is a moment before every cannabis event that belongs only to the people building it. Before the doors open, before the booths are finished, before the crowd arrives and turns an empty… Keep Reading
It could be so easy to believe that cannabis culture is something that has been fully claimed by the profit-driven forces of capitalism. The polished packaging that lines the shelves of dispensaries. The slick branding that populates the websites of many cannabis advocates and cannabis-centered companies. But somewhere on the streets of Harlem, Logan Grendel—artist,… Keep Reading
Legal cannabis promised legitimacy. Instead, many of the people who carried the culture through prohibition are being priced, regulated, and pushed out of the industry they helped build. I am beyond angry. A lot of us are. People who have lived this industry are not slightly disappointed. Many of us are livid because cannabis is… Keep Reading
The Wayans brothers’ new Scary Movie is leaning all the way into weed culture. There’s an official PAX vaporizer collab, a stoner parody series, a bong in the trailer, and a popcorn bucket shaped like a water pipe that the studio posted but nobody can confirm is actually for sale. The Wayans are back, and… Keep Reading
Let’s be real: cannabis culture in 2026 looks nothing like it did even a decade ago. Dispensaries are everywhere, billion-dollar brands are flooding the market, and hashtags about legalization are more common than reefer madness headlines. For many of us, lighting up feels normal. But here’s the truth: normal didn’t just happen. It was fought… Keep Reading
Social media platforms have become the new censors of cannabis culture. Josh Kesselman posts at 2am India time. Edible Dee rewrote four books. Riley Cannabichem puts on a metaphorical white coat. Here’s how the sharpest minds in cannabis content are surviving the algorithm — and what they’ve learned the hard way. Here’s a quick exercise:… Keep Reading
New York has always been a proving ground for culture. Music, fashion, street energy—it all collides here first, then ripples outward. Cannabis spent decades orbiting that world just outside the spotlight. This June, that changes. At Governors Ball in Queens, THC beverages are stepping inside the gates. No workaround, no side-eye, no hiding in the… Keep Reading
Oakland built the cannabis culture before there was a legal market. Now the city has a certification mark to prove it. The City of Oakland launched the nation’s first cannabis equity certification mark on April 20, giving consumers a way to identify businesses owned by operators who were most impacted by the War on Drugs… Keep Reading
Jimmy John’s Dream Rotation campaign doesn’t wink at cannabis culture. It hires Cheech Marin, lets him argue with a sandwich and makes Kal Penn’s ideal 4/20 a gym session and a book. The wall is down. Cheech Marin is sitting, holding a sandwich. He looks at it the way a man looks at something he… Keep Reading
